WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:23.559 Thank you for listening to Pictures Media Radio. Welcome to 2 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:29.760 Policy and Rights Show, Gosh welcomer Policy Human Joys. 3 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:07.599 Good morning everyone, and thank you for being here. As 4 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:10.280 chair of the Arab Group for the month of May, 5 00:01:10.640 --> 00:01:14.560 I'll make a few opening remarks and then hand over 6 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:22.000 to the Representative of Palestine, Ambassador Magidbamia. Following Wednesday's Security 7 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:25.280 Council briefing on the situation in the Middle East, the 8 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:29.640 Arab Group stands united in our determination to mobilize and 9 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:34.280 put an end to the catastrophic war on Gaza. The 10 00:01:34.359 --> 00:01:38.239 Arab Group calls on the Security Council to take immediate 11 00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:42.879 action to bring an end to this horrific war and 12 00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:49.599 Israel's inhumane blockade on the Gaza Strip. Most urgently, we 13 00:01:49.719 --> 00:01:53.400 demand the lifting of all restrictions on humanitarian aid and 14 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:58.959 its distribution. Based on humanitarian principles, the Council cannot stand 15 00:01:58.959 --> 00:02:04.239 by starvation is used as a weapon of war. The 16 00:02:04.239 --> 00:02:09.919 Arab Group categorically rejects Israel's proposed aid mechanism, which violates 17 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:15.560 basic humanitarian principles and international law. At the same time, 18 00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:20.599 we reiterate our long standing demand for an immediate, unconditional 19 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:25.800 and permanent ceasefire and the immedia an unconditional release of 20 00:02:25.840 --> 00:02:32.400 all hostages and the release of detainees. The Council must 21 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:36.960 shoulder its responsibility and take decisive action to this end, 22 00:02:37.639 --> 00:02:41.319 including by adopting the draft resolution on Gaza that is 23 00:02:41.360 --> 00:02:45.719 currently being advanced by the E ten. As we look 24 00:02:45.759 --> 00:02:49.599 toward the upcoming Conference on the Two State Solution co 25 00:02:49.759 --> 00:02:53.599 chaired by Saudi Arabia and France, it is critical that 26 00:02:53.680 --> 00:03:00.400 member states take concrete actions to advance sustainable peace. Those 27 00:03:00.439 --> 00:03:03.719 countries that have recognized the State of Palestine and strongly 28 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:09.960 encourage others to follow their example. Recognition is not just 29 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:14.240 a symbolic gesture, It is a concrete step towards a 30 00:03:14.479 --> 00:03:19.560 just and lasting piece. The time for half measures has passed. 31 00:03:20.560 --> 00:03:26.120 The Security Council must fulfill its responsibility to maintain international 32 00:03:26.439 --> 00:03:32.080 peace and security and to protect civilians. Palestinian lives are 33 00:03:32.120 --> 00:03:36.199 not less valuable than any other lives, and the Council 34 00:03:36.560 --> 00:03:41.479 must act accordingly. I now turn to Ambassador Margit Bamia 35 00:03:41.479 --> 00:03:43.520 of the State of Palestine. 36 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:46.719 Thank you, mister Cheff, thank you for being here, and 37 00:03:46.759 --> 00:03:49.520 allow me at the outset to thank the Arab Group 38 00:03:49.560 --> 00:03:54.360 for the relentless efforts over the last twenty months. I 39 00:03:54.360 --> 00:03:57.719 think at this point the situation does not need more description. 40 00:03:58.919 --> 00:04:01.520 It's enough to say, Guz for everybody to understand the 41 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:06.960 human tragedy unfolding before our eyes, the constant bombardments against 42 00:04:07.000 --> 00:04:13.039 the population who has nowhere to flee, the dispersion, the displacement, 43 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:19.079 the killing, the starvation and the killing of children, and 44 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:21.920 the starving of children. So we need to know what 45 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:27.839 we are talking about. There is international outrage, but our 46 00:04:27.839 --> 00:04:30.680 outrage is not good enough. It's not good enough for 47 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:33.040 the people of Gaza to know that the world condemns 48 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:36.759 this action, condemns these crimes, stands against them. 49 00:04:37.199 --> 00:04:38.079 We need actions. 50 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:42.279 This is the responsibility of the Security Council, and we 51 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:44.879 call on the Security Council to act as an Arab group. 52 00:04:45.720 --> 00:04:48.079 But this is also the responsibility of the other bodies 53 00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:50.480 of the United Nations. It's the responsibility also of a 54 00:04:50.519 --> 00:04:54.839 General Assembly, and it's the responsibility of all states to 55 00:04:54.920 --> 00:04:59.360 take the requisite actions, decisive actions that deter is then 56 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:04.600 from continuing on this course. Our demands are clear, they 57 00:05:04.639 --> 00:05:08.759 are simple, they are aligned with international law and honestly, 58 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:11.439 with the bare minimum of human decency. 59 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:13.279 We demand an immediate cease fire. 60 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:16.560 And here allow me to command Egypt and Kata, who 61 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:18.839 are standing beside us, for all the efforts they have 62 00:05:18.920 --> 00:05:22.120 done in coordination with the US administration in trying to 63 00:05:22.160 --> 00:05:25.160 secure such a ceasefire. And we want to see in 64 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:29.360 that context the implementation, the full implementation of Resolution twenty 65 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:33.240 seven thirty five of this very Council, which foreseas and 66 00:05:33.399 --> 00:05:37.879 end to the bloodshed, release of hostages and prisoners, the 67 00:05:37.920 --> 00:05:41.360 massive entry of humanitarian aid, and the full withdrawal of 68 00:05:41.399 --> 00:05:45.120 Israeli forces from Gaza. And that should be the foundational 69 00:05:45.279 --> 00:05:48.879 rock on which we can build further and end to 70 00:05:48.920 --> 00:05:52.639 the assault against the Palestinian people throughout the occupied Palestine territory. 71 00:05:52.879 --> 00:05:55.639 What we've seen, these scenes of displacement and killing in 72 00:05:55.639 --> 00:05:59.959 the West Bank, the breach of the sacredness of our 73 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:04.720 holy sites, all these attacks have to cease, and Israel 74 00:06:04.759 --> 00:06:08.560 needs to understand it is not true massacres that they 75 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:12.839 will achieve anything. We are confronted with an attempt to 76 00:06:12.920 --> 00:06:18.160 liquidate the Palestinian question by force, to end the Palestinian 77 00:06:18.199 --> 00:06:21.879 people and to end the Palestinian cause, and that attempt will. 78 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:22.639 Not be successful. 79 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:27.639 But we also while Israel tries to Israeli government tries 80 00:06:27.639 --> 00:06:30.800 to portray the Palestinians as monsters, as human animals, which 81 00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:35.160 Natania who repeated again we cannot also expect Palestinians to 82 00:06:35.160 --> 00:06:38.959 be superheroes. That they need to resist to all of 83 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:41.519 this on their own, that they need to figure out 84 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:44.480 a way to survive, that they need to figure out. 85 00:06:44.279 --> 00:06:45.319 To stay in their land. 86 00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:48.399 Israel wants to convince them that if they want life, 87 00:06:48.439 --> 00:06:52.120 they can only find it away from their land. Our responsibility, 88 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:56.480 our collective responsibility, is to help our people find life 89 00:06:56.480 --> 00:07:02.240 and liberty in their own homeland. Second clear demand is 90 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:05.040 the entry of humanitarian aid. It's impossible that twenty months 91 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:07.319 later and two months after a total blockade, we. 92 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:08.560 Are still talking about this. 93 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:13.480 But Israel, after having used all the weapons of war, 94 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:18.800 now weaponized starvation, now is weaponizing the distribution of aid 95 00:07:18.839 --> 00:07:22.720 to fulfill its objectives of displacing the Palestinian people, of 96 00:07:22.839 --> 00:07:26.480 stealing their land. We have a U N plan that 97 00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:31.040 we stand behind that provides all the requirements to provide 98 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:33.199 aid to the people and deliver it throughout the Gaza 99 00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:37.639 Slip while providing all the safeguards that are required. There 100 00:07:37.720 --> 00:07:41.879 is no explanation to why we would need a different mechanism, 101 00:07:41.959 --> 00:07:45.480 except that we want to prevent people throughout the Gaza 102 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:48.759 slip from the receiving the aid they desperately need. These 103 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:53.040 are our asks and they are very clear. Is actually 104 00:07:53.120 --> 00:07:57.360 read and a whole tlmate to a halt and a 105 00:07:57.439 --> 00:08:06.079 calimtres the tech fee Lita nder the issue una and 106 00:08:06.160 --> 00:08:12.879 Mama mensis vitammel masuriette. 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Can ambassador 151 00:12:27.480 --> 00:12:31.279 answer the question you mentioned the June conference? Is there 152 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:34.639 what kind of concrete steps are you looking at? And 153 00:12:34.799 --> 00:12:38.159 to Ambassador al Tani, if you could talk about the 154 00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:42.000 ceasefire and what prospects there are for the current proposal. 155 00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:42.399 Thank you. 156 00:12:44.960 --> 00:12:46.879 Well, thank you. 157 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:51.840 I we are following the lead of Saudi Arabia and 158 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:59.240 France who have set a an aim of having concrete 159 00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:05.279 steps that can bring us closer to a lasting piece. 160 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:11.360 And you know, obviously there are expectations of recognitions for 161 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:15.519 the state of Palestine, but there are other plans that 162 00:13:15.639 --> 00:13:17.279 I won't speak to. And there are of course eight 163 00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:20.799 working groups that are working on these concrete steps. 164 00:13:21.960 --> 00:13:23.480 An ambassador, Tony. 165 00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:28.240 Yes, thank you, thank you so much. I mean, the 166 00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:31.440 state of Guitar, of course, is engaged intensively together with 167 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:36.320 the United States in Egypt to stop the humilitarian catastrophe 168 00:13:36.399 --> 00:13:40.519 in Gaza and and this war. Negotiations are ongoing on 169 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:45.120 the current proposal, and we are very determined. We are 170 00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:48.559 very determined since Catar is very determined to finding an 171 00:13:48.679 --> 00:13:51.519 end to the to this horrific situation in Gaza. 172 00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:54.000 Thank you, ambassadors. 173 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:01.720 You have been appealing to the security concert or should 174 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:04.159 go it's responsibility in time and a gain and a 175 00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:05.639 game and a game and. 176 00:14:05.840 --> 00:14:10.080 The security process, in money for resolutions. 177 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:12.639 And to in this the GA and Iccha opinion. 178 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:17.080 Yet it is already continued with its massive What is 179 00:14:17.200 --> 00:14:20.279 the art of the group and what tools you. 180 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:26.200 Have you make this enemy or this uh uh a genocide. 181 00:14:25.639 --> 00:14:27.600 And agieve pay a price. 182 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:31.159 So they were they sing no art countries because of 183 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:32.399 it it's a relationships. 184 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:35.799 No impressy was a closed no ambassad there was a 185 00:14:36.559 --> 00:14:39.159 So why has there any has to UH care for 186 00:14:39.360 --> 00:14:40.120 what the Arabs? 187 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:40.720 You say? 188 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:43.559 Thank you? 189 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:44.039 UH. 190 00:14:44.159 --> 00:14:47.679 This is of course a responsibility of the international community, 191 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:51.919 including the Security Council. The Arab Group will, as it 192 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:55.639 has UH for the past uh more than six hundred days, 193 00:14:56.240 --> 00:15:03.720 been UH advancing and UH urging the Security Council to 194 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:07.679 take action. Of course, the Security Council has adopted some resolutions, 195 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:10.080 they haven't been implemented. But it does not mean that we, 196 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:12.960 you know, stop and stand by and fold our hands. 197 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:16.399 So we continue to do everything that we can to 198 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:20.360 ensure that this catastrophic situation doesn't continue. 199 00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:24.919 I have two questions follow that. First, what kind of 200 00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:27.559 actions do you want you see the Security Council that 201 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:31.960 you act. Is it would be sanctioned or army margos 202 00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:36.240 from the our group. Secondly, we know that there is 203 00:15:36.320 --> 00:15:40.320 a dropped resolution by Algury circulating. It's been quite a while. 204 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:44.679 What stopped the Council from taking action of that dropped resolution? 205 00:15:44.919 --> 00:15:45.159 Thank you? 206 00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:54.879 What we cannot say, what we cannot accept is that 207 00:15:55.080 --> 00:16:01.600 somehow these institutions or states are powerless before these kind 208 00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:05.360 of actions and these kinds of crimes. There are tools 209 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:08.919 to respond to these kind of situations. We are hearing 210 00:16:09.080 --> 00:16:12.960 leaders considering of taking a number of decisions in the 211 00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:16.919 right direction, and we salute these decisions, but we need 212 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:21.519 to reach a decisive level. It is clear that Israel 213 00:16:21.840 --> 00:16:24.600 until now does not feel deterred. You would have seen 214 00:16:24.639 --> 00:16:27.399 it in their statements or in their actions had they 215 00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:30.360 been deterred. So what we need are the actions that 216 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:32.960 would deter them, that would hold them accountable for the 217 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:36.240 decisions they make, and that would make sure that if 218 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:40.120 they continue on this course, they understand the consequences that 219 00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:43.320 they will have to face, and that will be the 220 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:47.399 only way for them to finally stop what they are doing. 221 00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:51.600 We hear our role as an Arab group in New. 222 00:16:51.559 --> 00:16:54.480 York is to act with the Security Council, with the 223 00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:58.200 General Assembly, is convincing states, and there are other efforts 224 00:16:58.480 --> 00:17:03.039 in every capital going on and that will hopefully culminate 225 00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:07.519 in part in the June Conference and moving forward from them. 226 00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:10.519 But we asked about the June Conference. 227 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:15.400 The issue of Gaza is a part of that discussion, 228 00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:18.599 including the Arab or Ice Plan that provides a real 229 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:22.319 life alternative to the catastrophe that we see before our eyes. 230 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:26.559 The issue of the legal obligations of third states is 231 00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:30.319 among the discussions. We are having the issue of a 232 00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:35.039 sovereign and unified state of Palestine. What kind of concrete 233 00:17:35.359 --> 00:17:38.920 commitments states are willing to take at this critical juncture. 234 00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:43.799 This is the life and future of the Palestinian people 235 00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:47.319 today and of our region tomorrow that is at play. 236 00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:51.480 So what we expect is we need to elevate our 237 00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:55.559 response since still now there is the international response has not. 238 00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:59.440 Allowed to stop Israel from the mad March. 239 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:03.799 It is on and the jeopardizers that constitutes an existential 240 00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:07.640 threat for the Palestinian people, but it also jeopardizes the 241 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:11.759 lives of hostages and prisoners. It jeopardizes the future of 242 00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:16.599 peace and security on our region. It jeopardizes everything that 243 00:18:16.799 --> 00:18:20.680 is fundamental in the rule of international law. So we 244 00:18:20.839 --> 00:18:25.079 will do our part here in New York in making 245 00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:29.160 sure that these bodies do not stay silent while a 246 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:33.279 genocide is ongoing, while massacres are ongoing, while starvation is ongoing. 247 00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:38.880 So the draft resolution is being discussed as we currently speak. 248 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:43.680 It is an ETN effort and you will see it 249 00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:47.240 once they complete the consultations they are doing and as 250 00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:50.759 we said, are Demand's eye formulated them very clearly, and 251 00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:52.920 they were mentioned by the chair of the other group 252 00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:57.160 regarding the ceasefire and ending the starvation policy that is 253 00:18:57.240 --> 00:19:00.319 at play, and we said also we will go further 254 00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:01.519 in the General Assembly. 255 00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:04.480 And states have tools that their disposal. 256 00:19:05.119 --> 00:19:08.839 They cannot also hide from their responsibilities in using these tools. 257 00:19:08.880 --> 00:19:12.160 And as I said, we see an important conversation going 258 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:16.200 on that needs to yield concrete results and concrete decisions 259 00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:17.480 that are of a decise in nature. 260 00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:24.319 Arab groups reaction to the Israeli announcement that it plans 261 00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:29.160 to build twenty two settlements in the West Bank and 262 00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:33.640 what impact is this going to have on the conference 263 00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:39.160 on a two state solution and a two state solution itself. 264 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:43.279 I think this is another decision that shows the rift 265 00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:48.400 between the Iseli government and the entire world. Settlements are illegal, 266 00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:52.079 they are condemned across the world, and again maybe the 267 00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:55.960 international response, certainly the international response needs to be much 268 00:19:56.000 --> 00:20:00.240 stronger to prevent such policies from moving forward. What we 269 00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:03.839 are in front of an Israeli government that has an 270 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:08.200 extremist ideology, and I'll add to that the political ambitions 271 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:13.440 of its prime ministers, very opportunistic ones that are yielding 272 00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:16.640 what we are seeing in Gaza, a full fledged assault 273 00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:19.160 against the Palestian people, but also what we are seeing 274 00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:22.519 in the West Bank in terms of settlements forcible displacement, 275 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:28.359 and the will of Israel of this is Raidly government 276 00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:29.200 is very clearly. 277 00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:30.279 Expressed by its Prime minister. 278 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:34.119 There is no Palestinian state, there is no Palestinian existence, 279 00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:37.920 and so the response needs to match the words and 280 00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:40.319 actions of this is Raeli government. And that's what we 281 00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:44.079 will be working on, whether immediately in the Security Council, 282 00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:47.079 the General Assembly and among states, or at the June 283 00:20:47.119 --> 00:20:50.359 conference where you will see the entire world come together. 284 00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:56.039 And I expect until now that given whether Israeli government is, 285 00:20:57.279 --> 00:21:00.200 it's not in agreement with any of the fundamental those 286 00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:03.920 of international law, all the fundamental premise. 287 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:05.480 Of peace in our region. 288 00:21:05.640 --> 00:21:09.559 There are decisions of international legitimacy on which we all 289 00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:13.319 concur Arabs and non Arabs. The entire world has an 290 00:21:13.400 --> 00:21:17.079 international consensus on the two state solutions, on a Palestinian state, 291 00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:21.759 independent and viable, living side by side with Israeli. On 292 00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:25.799 the sixth June nineteen sixty seven borders on the fourth 293 00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:28.400 of June ninety sixty seven borders, with each Jousalem as 294 00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:32.759 its capital. The fundamental principles of peace, Israel is not 295 00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:35.680 willing even to come close to them. That doesn't mean 296 00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:38.680 the world needs to change and adapt to Israeli crimes 297 00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:42.359 and Israeli extremism ideology. It means the world needs to 298 00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:46.519 enact a change in Israel whereby such policies by such 299 00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:48.119 Israeli governments will come to an end. 300 00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:53.720 Humanitarian there was sorry. 301 00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:59.640 Andses she have in your national capacity. UI has a 302 00:21:59.720 --> 00:22:04.200 large footprint in Gaza and the humanitarian side and medical assistance. 303 00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:09.920 Where's the trickle of the couple of drops came through 304 00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:13.160 the aid that's been transferred. How is the situation for 305 00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:18.400 UA humanitarian mission operating in Gaza, both on medical supplies 306 00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:20.359 and on aid substances. 307 00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:24.720 Look, obviously I'm not here to speak about the UAE. 308 00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:28.200 We're here as representatives of the entire Arab group. But 309 00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:30.000 I will say I will say that of course the 310 00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:35.000 UAE uses all its channels in order to get as 311 00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:42.599 much humanitarian assistance into Gaza. We have been a huge 312 00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:49.480 provider of humanitarian assistance. We've been operating field hospitals, desalination plants, 313 00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:54.720 and you know, these efforts have never stopped and we 314 00:22:54.759 --> 00:23:00.759 will continue to work to scale up humanity and assistance 315 00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:03.599 in every way that we can and through every channel 316 00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:04.000 that we can. 317 00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:04.880 Oh. 318 00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:09.839 Okay, you know, welcome back to policy and rights here 319 00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:14.039 in Depictions Media Radio. I'm your host, Michael Cloggs. Okay, 320 00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:19.519 you just heard from the United Nations stakeout press press 321 00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:28.759 from floor about the Arab Nations uniting over the ideals 322 00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:39.119 of Palestine, giving Palestine its sovereignty and humanitarian rights and 323 00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:48.920 humanitarian efforts. Because let's face it that after a time 324 00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:55.839 of destruction and everything it's, Palestine being rebuilt is a 325 00:23:56.039 --> 00:24:01.119 major issue. It's a major global issue. And ensuring that Palestine, 326 00:24:01.599 --> 00:24:04.640 the people of Palestine, get to return back to their 327 00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:10.440 home is also a major thing. And ensuring that Israel 328 00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:16.880 just doesn't have the right to expand itself into the 329 00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:22.000 into those areas of Gaza that were destroyed and as 330 00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:28.480 they rebuilt and limit the territory that the Palestinian people 331 00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:38.480 themselves have had over time is probably not the right 332 00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:43.559 way to go about things. All that will do is 333 00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:50.480 cause more tension and in lead to possibly more fighting. 334 00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:54.599 There has to be a better solution, a better way 335 00:24:54.799 --> 00:25:00.599 of getting at things so that both they it's rarely 336 00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:06.000 government and the Palestinian people feel that that they have 337 00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:15.480 gained some ground and and lost very little ground under 338 00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:21.400 the idea of peace. Okay, So moving forward, and since 339 00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:26.799 we're on the topic of which which is actually Palestinian rights, 340 00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:31.119 are also Indigenous rights. Uh, since we're on the topic 341 00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:37.200 of Indigenous rights, and uh, we're going to hear from 342 00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:45.079 today from the a f N, the Federation of of 343 00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:51.000 of First Nations as the National Chiefs speaks about the 344 00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:54.759 throne speech that happened here in Canada and some of 345 00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:58.720 the things that were said about reconciliation. But more importantly, 346 00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:03.440 there is out there which is called a Infrastructure Report, 347 00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:09.559 and an Infrastructure Report for First Nations talks about the 348 00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:16.480 shortfall of things that happen in First Nation territories on 349 00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:22.160 the reserves as they're called here in Canada, and how 350 00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:30.039 things like clean water, adequate housing, schools are not provided. 351 00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:38.400 But as it's going to be mentioned, in a first 352 00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:43.839 world country, why is there third world conditions held for 353 00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:48.319 the First Nations people? Why are the indigenous people kept 354 00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:53.640 in poverty, kept away from from schools that have all 355 00:26:53.720 --> 00:27:00.920 of the all of the the basic tools that other 356 00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:04.799 school other public schools are afforded. Why can't that be 357 00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:09.759 a standard and bring the First Nations and Indigenous schools 358 00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:15.839 to that standard, ensure first that they have met that 359 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:20.400 those schools that meet that standard, make sure that Indigenous 360 00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:27.640 communities meet the standards of other neighborhoods across Canada, that 361 00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:33.640 there is adequate housing and housing that isn't that is 362 00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:37.440 more than just a falling down shack. I'm sorry. I 363 00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:43.559 don't mean to degrade the homes of people who were 364 00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:49.960 on this land before fourteen ninety two. I don't mean 365 00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:53.799 to degrade them, but they in you. When you listen 366 00:27:53.920 --> 00:28:01.319 to what the AFN chief has to say, you'll she's 367 00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:04.119 going to use a similar language. 368 00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:08.440 The why is it that. 369 00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:14.480 These homes, these people, these people who they say that 370 00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:23.000 they want to have reconciliation with, are left behind? Is 371 00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:29.599 there another agenda? And when we looked at look at 372 00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:35.480 what's happening in Palestine versus what's happening here, are there 373 00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:40.960 some similarities into what's going on? Is there a quieter 374 00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:47.480 war being raged against indigenous people around the world that 375 00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:53.240 we just necessarily can't or we're we're blind to be 376 00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:58.000 able to see. We're going to hear from Mark Kearney 377 00:28:58.079 --> 00:29:06.920 as he addresses the Federation of Municipalities and he talks 378 00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:13.039 about infrastructure. He talks about helping municipalities seriously, not just 379 00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:19.359 offering classes and talking big about giving help for infrastructure. 380 00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:26.960 He's talking about actually doing the work and helping municipalities 381 00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:33.279 build stronger and build better. Then that also should be 382 00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:37.640 afforded to the First Nations people. Everything he talks about 383 00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:44.359 for the for municipalities, for everyone who is not First 384 00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:49.359 Nations should be afforded to them. And then and then 385 00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:56.200 some under the idea of reconciliation. Marcarnie's gonna be talking 386 00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:58.759 about a couple of key issues here. He's talking about 387 00:29:58.759 --> 00:30:03.519 affordable housing. And I still say this that we need 388 00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:07.359 to define what affordable actually means. What is that price 389 00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:12.160 tag and how does that convert to the average income 390 00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:17.720 of the Canadian How does that actually work out? What 391 00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:23.119 is affordable because what's affordable in one area is not 392 00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:30.799 necessarily going to be affordable in other areas. A three 393 00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:35.119 hundred thousand dollars condo is not affordable to someone who 394 00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:41.519 lives out in the middle of Saskatchewan, and it's there's 395 00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:44.400 going to have to be some sliding scale kind of 396 00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:52.000 reality on that. How do we determine what is affordable 397 00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:57.359 and what isn't affordable? How do we determine that that 398 00:30:58.039 --> 00:31:04.519 we need to build a multi unit homes and given 399 00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:10.079 and give away along with those multi unit homes give 400 00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:17.440 away what amounts to be kind of a government subsidy 401 00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:20.920 to build multi union homes over building a single family home. 402 00:31:22.599 --> 00:31:26.319 How does that actually work out? What about the single 403 00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:30.559 family home? What about the Canadian dream of having your 404 00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:38.000 own home just for your family? What about that? Is 405 00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:42.960 that dream now going to change because they're because of 406 00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:49.160 this quote unquote housing crisis. Is that housing crisis truly 407 00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:53.039 trulli an issue or is it something that they have 408 00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:56.799 made up in order to give us smaller spaces to 409 00:31:56.880 --> 00:32:02.079 live in? Some interesting questions that maybe we should think 410 00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:07.359 about as we listen to what the AFN has to say, 411 00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:11.119 and as we listen to what Mark Karney has to 412 00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:18.720 say at as he speaks to the leadership of municipalities. Okay, 413 00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:22.880 there are some things that are unquestionably very much so 414 00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:26.319 true and very much so needed, And there are some 415 00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:30.960 infrastructure items. They ensure clean water, they ensure power, that 416 00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:35.640 ensure internet service, they ensure ensure that we can live 417 00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:42.359 our modern lives securely. And Mark Karney is actually going 418 00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:47.640 to get to those sort of things without rhetoric, without 419 00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:52.000 anything more than let's just get the job done. And 420 00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:57.440 hats off to Mark Karney for saying, let's just get 421 00:32:57.480 --> 00:33:00.519 the job done. Forget the rhetoric, forget the all the 422 00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:07.880 rest of it. Let's get the job done. And that 423 00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:12.079 is what Canada needs right now, is someone to actually 424 00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:18.359 stand up and say, let's get the job done. Hats 425 00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:23.920 off to the First Nations chiefs who want to get 426 00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:29.960 the job done, and let's untie their hands so that 427 00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:34.119 they can get the job done and get their people 428 00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:39.799 First Nations people on board with everything else. So that 429 00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:46.759 in the schools, instead of limiting education, that we open 430 00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:51.279 education doors. So that we understand the cultures of everyone 431 00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:56.759 who lives on this land right now, not just the 432 00:33:57.279 --> 00:34:02.039 European cultures that came across the ocean, but also the 433 00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:06.920 cultures of the people who were deep rooted in this 434 00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:14.320 community before first contact. That we all find a way 435 00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:18.119 to celebrate all of our cultures, celebrate all of the 436 00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:22.159 people and support everyone so that we can all have 437 00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:27.880 a prosperous country. So why don't we listen with that 438 00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:33.800 sort of understanding as we listen to the National Chief 439 00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:39.400 of the AFN as she speaks about First Nations issues 440 00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:45.400 and issues around getting our federal government to do just 441 00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:48.599 simply what they say they're going to do in helping 442 00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:50.320 people live better. 443 00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:56.679 I'm going to ask Joe and Rose Anderson to just 444 00:34:56.760 --> 00:34:59.719 open us up in a prayer as we start to 445 00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:03.400 stay and we start new government and our relationship of 446 00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:07.480 course with all of you, Thank you, Thank you help me. 447 00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:12.840 Which we just senamamazing the walk home and English k 448 00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:15.199 did I make them one. 449 00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:19.719 Can be with me? 450 00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:28.000 Which well, thank you. I want to recognize our elders 451 00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:30.880 and our knowledge keepers, our people that help us pray. 452 00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:33.159 Nice to see you all this morning. I want to 453 00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:36.679 recognize Joan Rose Anderson for the prayers this morning and 454 00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:39.440 for being available today. I also want to acknowledge that 455 00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:42.800 we are on the Anishnabi Algonquin territory here in Ottawa, 456 00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:45.119 beautiful Ottawa, and thank you to all of the media 457 00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:48.000 for attending. We are pleased to be here to release 458 00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:52.360 the af n's third report regarding Canada's First Nation's infrastructure gap. 459 00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:57.639 As you know, the Assembly of First Nations has released 460 00:35:57.679 --> 00:36:00.639 a series of reports over the past last year with 461 00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:04.000 the federal government and the Conference Board of Canada to 462 00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:08.639 highlight the First Nation's infrastructure gap as a nation building project. 463 00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:14.639 Our first report last April captured the scale of investments 464 00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:18.199 required to close the gap by twenty thirty. With the 465 00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:21.559 Government of Canada. We concluded that was three hundred and 466 00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:26.280 fifty billion dollars. In our November twenty twenty four report, 467 00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:30.800 the Conference Board estimate estimated the economic benefits to Canada 468 00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:34.559 of closing the infrastructure gap over seven years at six 469 00:36:34.760 --> 00:36:37.880 hundred and thirty five billion dollars and three hundred and 470 00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:41.920 thirty thousand jobs across this beautiful country. And that's for 471 00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:46.239 all Canadians, including First Nations. The third report, which we 472 00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:50.400 released today, concludes that massive economic benefits are the tipping 473 00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:54.519 of the iceberg when it comes to the socioeconomic benefits 474 00:36:54.880 --> 00:37:02.599 for First Nations, particularly related to housing, education, and water. Sadly, 475 00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:06.960 the First Nation's infrastructure gap has perpetuated and deep rooted 476 00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:11.719 inequality in our country. This disparity has led to poorer 477 00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:17.519 health outcomes, limited education, opportunities and much less prosperity compared 478 00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:22.320 with other Canadians. So the benefit of addressing this discriminatory 479 00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:29.639 infrastructure gap cannot be overstated. Beyond moral obligations and economic returns, 480 00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:34.400 these investments will provide safe and healthy living conditions, improve 481 00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:40.360 education outcomes, strengthen mental health, stabilize families, and empower First 482 00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:44.440 Nations to be all that we can be, among other things. 483 00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:47.920 The Conference Board report highlights housing as a top priority. 484 00:37:48.880 --> 00:37:52.840 Poor housing conditions post serious health risks to First Nations. 485 00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:57.000 According to the twenty twenty one Census, First Nations are 486 00:37:57.199 --> 00:38:01.000 four times more likely to live in crowded housing than 487 00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:05.320 other Canadians and six times more likely to live in 488 00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:10.159 a home that needs major repairs. Crowded and unsafe housing 489 00:38:10.239 --> 00:38:16.920 creates negative outcomes beyond poor physical health, family violence, substance abuse, 490 00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:21.639 barriers to education, and the loss of our culture. So 491 00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:25.280 we welcome the Prime Minister Prime Minister Carne's commitment to 492 00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:29.000 get Canada back into the business of building houses. But 493 00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:33.480 to be successful, they must reflect First Nations perspectives from 494 00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:38.639 the start. That includes the new the new initiatives that 495 00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:41.079 were referred to yesterday in the speech from the throne, 496 00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:48.039 the Build Canada Homes initiative, the twenty five billion dollars 497 00:38:48.119 --> 00:38:51.920 for prefabricated homes, and the ten billion dollars of low 498 00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:56.159 cost financing for home construction. First Nations need to be 499 00:38:56.239 --> 00:38:59.239 at the table as these are developed over the coming weeks, 500 00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:03.199 and the benefits related to job training and construction must 501 00:39:03.320 --> 00:39:08.079 flow to First Nations people and businesses. In addition to housing, 502 00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:12.440 education infrastructure is another key element of this report that 503 00:39:12.639 --> 00:39:14.639 we would like to see and that we would like 504 00:39:14.719 --> 00:39:18.239 to touch on briefly here today. The late Justice and 505 00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:21.920 former Senator Murray Sinclair often said education got us into 506 00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:26.559 this mess, and education will get us out. So if 507 00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:31.840 we know this in a beautiful, rich country like Canada, Canada, 508 00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:36.840 why are half of our First Nation schools either overcrowded 509 00:39:37.239 --> 00:39:41.280 or in need of major additions or in need of 510 00:39:41.440 --> 00:39:46.119 immediate replacement. The Conference Board makes it clear that the 511 00:39:46.199 --> 00:39:50.079 benefits of investing thirteen billion dollars to close this education 512 00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:53.719 gap go beyond the twenty two billion dollars of financial 513 00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:59.840 return for the economy with safe, modern schools fully connected 514 00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:01.840 to the Internet. As if we're having this talk in 515 00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:06.400 twenty twenty five, First Nations can leverage our own resources, 516 00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:09.880 create self sustaining economies and real hope for a more 517 00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:15.119 prosperous future. Thinking ahead of this upcoming parliamentary session, we 518 00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:18.760 will conclude by welcoming the conference boards focus on clean 519 00:40:18.880 --> 00:40:22.559 drinking water. As we did with Senator Prosper last week, 520 00:40:22.880 --> 00:40:25.159 we call on the new government to introduce a First 521 00:40:25.239 --> 00:40:28.159 Nation's Clean Water Act into the new session of Parliament 522 00:40:28.199 --> 00:40:31.920 as the four first order of business. Inadequate access to 523 00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:36.880 housing and sanitation systems have been long standing issues. Prolonged 524 00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:40.800 advisories eroad trust and often lead to First Nations seeking 525 00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:46.159 unsafe alternatives even after boil water advisories are lifted. It 526 00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:49.559 is a shameful situation for a country as rich as 527 00:40:49.639 --> 00:40:54.639 our beautiful country Canada. Alongside clean water legislation, we call 528 00:40:54.719 --> 00:40:57.400 on Canada and the Province is to make the investments 529 00:40:57.440 --> 00:41:01.360 required to close the First Nation's water infrastructure gap. In 530 00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:05.039 addition to a dollar seventy nine return on every dollar 531 00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:10.239 that's invested, Canada will benefit from increased productivity and reduce 532 00:41:10.360 --> 00:41:14.320 rates of illnesses and disease in First Nations communities. We 533 00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:18.119 lift up chiefs and tribal council leaders struggling with these 534 00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:22.039 unfair infrastructure gaps and for all that they are doing 535 00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:25.719 each and every day to help our people in these circumstances. 536 00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:31.239 During the recent election, on behalf of chiefs across the country, 537 00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:35.880 the Assembly of First Nations published a priorities document titled 538 00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:40.639 Prosperity for All. Like the report we are releasing today, 539 00:41:41.239 --> 00:41:44.119 Prosperity for All was intended to be a roadmap to 540 00:41:44.199 --> 00:41:48.280 reconciliation for the next government. It includes a strong focus 541 00:41:48.400 --> 00:41:52.960 on economic reconciliation and closing the First Nation's infrastructure gap 542 00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:57.760 to drive Canada's collective prosperity for generations to come. These 543 00:41:57.880 --> 00:42:00.599 investments were needed before Trump to two point zero, and 544 00:42:00.679 --> 00:42:04.360 they are even more important now. The truth is that 545 00:42:04.519 --> 00:42:07.960 over five hundred and sixty billion dollars of projects are 546 00:42:08.039 --> 00:42:10.760 forecast to be launched on First Nations lands over the 547 00:42:10.840 --> 00:42:15.639 next decade. The potential benefit is in the trillions of dollars. Together, 548 00:42:16.079 --> 00:42:19.880 they represent a cornerstone of Canada's future economic growth, but 549 00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:25.719 they won't advance without First Nations support. If the government's 550 00:42:25.840 --> 00:42:30.320 version for First Nation's infrastructure is focused exclusively on building 551 00:42:30.440 --> 00:42:34.800 access to natural resources on First Nations territories, they have 552 00:42:34.920 --> 00:42:39.079 another thing coming. We can't talk about natural resource development 553 00:42:39.360 --> 00:42:42.079 and expanding the Port of Churchill, but let's get the 554 00:42:42.159 --> 00:42:45.840 basics right first. We can talk about it, but we 555 00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:49.400 have to get those basics. So let's start with clean water, 556 00:42:50.119 --> 00:42:54.760 quality housing and modern schools for our kids. We welcome 557 00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:59.320 the new government's interest in identifying large scale infrastructure projects 558 00:42:59.400 --> 00:43:02.039 to move ahead. But that is why, with the new 559 00:43:02.079 --> 00:43:05.840 parliament and economic followed from the US tariffs, we propose 560 00:43:05.920 --> 00:43:08.840 that the Prime Minister and his cabinet start with closing 561 00:43:08.920 --> 00:43:13.000 the first nation's infrastructure gap in this country. With the 562 00:43:13.039 --> 00:43:16.400 commitments and yesterday's speech from the Throne related to reconciliation 563 00:43:16.519 --> 00:43:20.519 and nation building, the sixteen findings in this report are very, 564 00:43:20.840 --> 00:43:24.800 very timely. Combined, they provide a blueprint for the mother 565 00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:29.079 of all Canadian infrastructure projects looking ahead to the next 566 00:43:29.119 --> 00:43:32.159 federal budget. We will send copies of this report to 567 00:43:32.199 --> 00:43:35.840 the Prime Minister, the Minister of Finance, other new ministers 568 00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:39.760 and members of Parliament from all parties. We look forward 569 00:43:39.800 --> 00:43:41.800 to engaging with them in the days ahead to keep 570 00:43:41.880 --> 00:43:45.679 this country's journey to reconciliation moving forward in a good way. 571 00:43:46.679 --> 00:43:50.480 Later this year, we will commemorate the tenth anniversary of 572 00:43:50.599 --> 00:43:55.760 the historic Truth and Reconciliation Commissions calls to action. Yesterday 573 00:43:56.199 --> 00:43:58.199 the King said, we need it to honor the Truth 574 00:43:58.280 --> 00:44:02.519 and reconciliation in both words. Indeed, what better way for 575 00:44:02.639 --> 00:44:06.519 Canada to reafform support for reconciliation than making the First 576 00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:12.079 Nation's infrastructure gap the country's top national infrastructure priority. So 577 00:44:12.239 --> 00:44:15.360 let's honor the calls to action, Let's beat Trump and 578 00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:18.400 get on with building this beautiful nation. Let's get on 579 00:44:18.519 --> 00:44:22.320 with building the high quality homes that First Nations need, schools, 580 00:44:22.800 --> 00:44:28.159 water system, power supplies, all seasoned roads and internet connections 581 00:44:28.239 --> 00:44:31.039 for our kids that have been promised to First Nations 582 00:44:31.079 --> 00:44:39.679 for generation. So thank you so very much, Maywich. Hi Karen. 583 00:44:41.840 --> 00:44:46.480 Karent I say APTM, first question. I mean, one of 584 00:44:46.559 --> 00:44:49.480 the things that the new Prime Minister has talked about 585 00:44:50.039 --> 00:44:54.599 is speeding up resource approvals, speeding up environmental approvals, and 586 00:44:55.639 --> 00:44:58.960 this would definitely help First Nations economies for First Nations 587 00:44:58.960 --> 00:45:03.239 who want to develop the car on resource extraction. But 588 00:45:04.079 --> 00:45:07.280 looking at the website, there's on free prior and form consent. 589 00:45:07.760 --> 00:45:10.719 They're still using the core definition that I guess First 590 00:45:10.760 --> 00:45:14.599 Nations can withhold consent, but they still can go ahead 591 00:45:14.880 --> 00:45:18.880 withholding consent doesn't stop development, what's the point. So I'm 592 00:45:18.960 --> 00:45:23.679 wondering if you know there's been any indication from the 593 00:45:23.760 --> 00:45:28.320 Prime Minister that will be done on defining free prior 594 00:45:28.400 --> 00:45:32.639 to conform informed consent as was promised when they passed 595 00:45:32.679 --> 00:45:33.719 the even drip bill. 596 00:45:35.719 --> 00:45:37.639 First of all, I want to uplift the chiefs in 597 00:45:37.760 --> 00:45:41.960 Alberta and BC in Ontario and everybody else that's supporting them. 598 00:45:42.079 --> 00:45:45.199 Very united. You see First Nations united across the country 599 00:45:45.239 --> 00:45:48.159 when our treaty and inherent rights are being trampled on. 600 00:45:48.880 --> 00:45:50.559 But I also just want to say that that'll be 601 00:45:51.159 --> 00:45:53.599 a point of discussion with my with my meeting with 602 00:45:53.679 --> 00:45:57.280 the Prime Minister and the days ahead, and you know 603 00:45:57.360 --> 00:45:59.159 we'll be back. We'll come back to you with that. 604 00:45:59.360 --> 00:46:03.239 But certainly, absolutely there's a there's a big question on 605 00:46:03.320 --> 00:46:04.800 that that we do have to get through with this 606 00:46:04.960 --> 00:46:07.400 government and if they want to do things right, like 607 00:46:07.519 --> 00:46:10.039 I said, start with the basics. Make sure that our 608 00:46:10.119 --> 00:46:15.840 kids have access to internet, two schools, to homes, to 609 00:46:15.960 --> 00:46:21.800 access to food, and poverty shouldn't be administered. And so 610 00:46:22.079 --> 00:46:23.440 I know that we have a lot of work to do, 611 00:46:23.559 --> 00:46:25.519 but I look forward to meeting with the Prime Minister, 612 00:46:25.599 --> 00:46:27.480 and that will be one of the first orders of business. 613 00:46:27.800 --> 00:46:29.960 Cool you'd be asking about free prior and FORMUA. Yes. 614 00:46:31.000 --> 00:46:33.000 And then just a second question. 615 00:46:33.599 --> 00:46:35.920 With a delay in the federal budget coming out, I'm 616 00:46:35.960 --> 00:46:38.960 just wondering about the finances of the Assembly of First 617 00:46:39.000 --> 00:46:42.519 Nations itself. I don't know if you've been able to 618 00:46:42.679 --> 00:46:46.480 negotiate funding for this fiscal or if you're riding off 619 00:46:46.519 --> 00:46:49.199 of what are like, has that been delayed at all? 620 00:46:49.840 --> 00:46:50.480 Have you got money? 621 00:46:50.559 --> 00:46:50.599 No? 622 00:46:50.719 --> 00:46:54.000 The Assembly of First Nations is you know, we had 623 00:46:54.039 --> 00:46:56.559 a surplus again this year. I think that everything's well 624 00:46:56.599 --> 00:46:59.400 at the Assembly of First Nations. Things can always always 625 00:46:59.440 --> 00:47:03.199 be better, like every organization, but I think we've got 626 00:47:03.239 --> 00:47:06.039 a strong team. I want to commend our new CEO, 627 00:47:06.199 --> 00:47:08.920 Andrew Bison, who's doing a phenomenal job making sure that 628 00:47:09.440 --> 00:47:12.039 things are moving slowly. I mean, we always want to 629 00:47:12.079 --> 00:47:14.519 make sure that the regions. We've got regional chiefs across 630 00:47:14.639 --> 00:47:17.960 this country that we always seem to have problems with 631 00:47:18.079 --> 00:47:21.280 every year that they don't put enough investments into our 632 00:47:21.360 --> 00:47:23.960 regional offices. And you know, I'd like to see the 633 00:47:24.000 --> 00:47:26.599 federal government help our regional chiefs across the country to 634 00:47:26.679 --> 00:47:29.559 make sure that they're well, you know that they're they're 635 00:47:29.639 --> 00:47:31.960 doing okay and right now you know the AFN is 636 00:47:32.000 --> 00:47:34.440 holding them up. But of course we do need support 637 00:47:34.519 --> 00:47:36.599 for our regional chiefs and our regional offices. 638 00:47:37.199 --> 00:47:40.519 I'm just not sure. Did the delay and budget cause 639 00:47:40.960 --> 00:47:44.280 any delay in negotiating. No, you've been able to negotiate 640 00:47:44.280 --> 00:47:45.280 all your funding agreements to. 641 00:47:45.239 --> 00:47:45.639 Go to see. 642 00:47:45.840 --> 00:47:48.239 Yeah, we're okay. Yeah, thank you Hill. 643 00:47:48.280 --> 00:47:50.079 Let's see us bev with the Canadian press. 644 00:47:50.920 --> 00:47:54.239 The Premister Garney promised to work on child Weilba reforms 645 00:47:54.840 --> 00:47:57.360 last week, told the Canadian Human Rights Tribing all the 646 00:47:57.400 --> 00:47:59.599 lawyers for Canada that they shouldn't have to consult in 647 00:47:59.639 --> 00:48:01.199 death in a we are trying. 648 00:48:01.000 --> 00:48:04.519 To discharge their duty to consult. You had all asked 649 00:48:04.559 --> 00:48:07.159 for water legislation to be introduced within one hundred days. 650 00:48:07.280 --> 00:48:09.960 I asked Indigenous Services that that was the plan. Did 651 00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:12.400 not get a yes or no answer. Are you seeing 652 00:48:12.400 --> 00:48:16.239 a mark shift from the Trudeau era? And what are 653 00:48:16.280 --> 00:48:18.719 you doing to advocate for communities needs when this seems 654 00:48:18.719 --> 00:48:19.719 to be a different environment. 655 00:48:20.519 --> 00:48:22.760 Well, first of all, I want to thank the throne 656 00:48:22.760 --> 00:48:26.800 speech yesterday. I think it was it was a chapter 657 00:48:26.960 --> 00:48:29.639 changing when we had free, prior and informed consent for 658 00:48:29.719 --> 00:48:32.400 the first time in the history of this country have 659 00:48:32.599 --> 00:48:35.400 that mentioned in a throne speech, and there was a 660 00:48:35.480 --> 00:48:39.480 lot of reference to Indigenous people in there. I want 661 00:48:39.519 --> 00:48:41.119 to take that as a positive and give them the 662 00:48:41.159 --> 00:48:43.840 benefit of the doubt. I know sometimes I've been through transition. 663 00:48:44.519 --> 00:48:47.679 I know sometimes during transition periods things have been chaotic, 664 00:48:47.760 --> 00:48:49.320 and they have been I mean, I went to the 665 00:48:50.679 --> 00:48:53.159 you know, I've done a few things with them during 666 00:48:53.480 --> 00:48:55.800 right before the election that was really difficult without a 667 00:48:55.840 --> 00:48:57.960 government there. So I'm glad that they're there, and I 668 00:48:58.039 --> 00:49:02.039 hope that they come together quickly and there's always room 669 00:49:02.079 --> 00:49:04.519 for improvement, and we'll be there to tell them and 670 00:49:04.599 --> 00:49:08.760 remind them when they're shorting First nations in any way. 671 00:49:10.039 --> 00:49:12.000 Is there a change. I'm sure there's obviously going to 672 00:49:12.039 --> 00:49:14.199 be a change, I think from one government to the next. 673 00:49:14.880 --> 00:49:17.599 But I think, you know, I want to I've spent 674 00:49:17.719 --> 00:49:20.480 some time with Prime Minister Carney last weekend all weekend 675 00:49:20.519 --> 00:49:23.320 on on weekend, and you know, we had deep discussions 676 00:49:23.360 --> 00:49:25.559 on many of these issues, and we do want to 677 00:49:25.599 --> 00:49:30.880 make sure that water legislation is that those discussions on 678 00:49:31.039 --> 00:49:34.079 water that we begin to work on those very quickly. 679 00:49:34.800 --> 00:49:38.039 I also want to make sure you know if there's 680 00:49:38.039 --> 00:49:42.480 something as a mother and a woman every time that 681 00:49:42.559 --> 00:49:44.760 we have babies, and no other group in the world 682 00:49:45.400 --> 00:49:48.000 is legislated the way First Nations are. We're the only 683 00:49:48.119 --> 00:49:51.320 group around the entire world that is legislated. And every 684 00:49:51.400 --> 00:49:53.239 time I have a baby that the government wants to 685 00:49:53.320 --> 00:49:57.239 know if my child's eligible to be First Nation, and 686 00:49:57.360 --> 00:49:59.159 I think that that's something that we have. There are 687 00:49:59.239 --> 00:50:01.920 uncomfortable con versations that need to be had. But the 688 00:50:02.000 --> 00:50:06.920 second generation, the government keeps losing in court because they 689 00:50:07.000 --> 00:50:09.239 keep discriminating against us. We have a baby and they 690 00:50:09.239 --> 00:50:12.239 ask who's the father? Very intrusive, Right is your baby 691 00:50:12.320 --> 00:50:18.199 first Nation? Very intrusive? And I think that's another discussion 692 00:50:18.280 --> 00:50:20.239 that I want to have as a mom and a 693 00:50:21.440 --> 00:50:24.039 because you're seeing it right. They come at First Nation 694 00:50:24.280 --> 00:50:26.440 so hard, and I think that we have to have 695 00:50:26.559 --> 00:50:30.800 that uncomfortable conversation with Prime Minister Carney. Of course, there's 696 00:50:30.800 --> 00:50:33.960 always there's policing, and you're right, the unfinished business of 697 00:50:34.039 --> 00:50:35.719 child welfare, so lots of work to. 698 00:50:35.760 --> 00:50:37.960 Do on The. 699 00:50:39.639 --> 00:50:40.679 Chiefs are in town. 700 00:50:42.079 --> 00:50:42.519 This week. 701 00:50:43.559 --> 00:50:46.280 He disappointed that they weren't invited to the throne speech 702 00:50:46.280 --> 00:50:49.039 and didn't get an audience with the King. But beyond that, 703 00:50:49.400 --> 00:50:51.920 the Globe and Mail reported this morning that Ottawa gave 704 00:50:52.000 --> 00:50:54.440 the First Nation's Council seven days to meet with them 705 00:50:55.880 --> 00:50:58.800 or could or submit their thoughts on proposed legislation around 706 00:50:58.840 --> 00:51:02.039 projects identified to be in the national interest. Chiefs are 707 00:51:02.119 --> 00:51:05.719 bringing up I don't know more in Ontario. Does this 708 00:51:05.880 --> 00:51:06.400 concern you? 709 00:51:06.920 --> 00:51:09.719 Well, I'm proud of them. I mean, you have the 710 00:51:09.800 --> 00:51:13.480 provincial governments trampling all over treaty and inherent rights across 711 00:51:13.599 --> 00:51:16.960 this country, from Alberta to Ontario to b Se. Many 712 00:51:17.039 --> 00:51:19.159 other chiefs are standing up saying how can we help. 713 00:51:19.840 --> 00:51:22.760 I don't blame them. They're frustrated and they're being disrespected. 714 00:51:23.519 --> 00:51:28.239 And first, if this wouldn't happen, if the way that 715 00:51:28.360 --> 00:51:30.920 this country operates, you know, the provinces go and talk, 716 00:51:31.119 --> 00:51:33.119 they take the Prime Minister and they go and talk. 717 00:51:33.159 --> 00:51:36.159 It's happening again next week. They always leave out First 718 00:51:36.239 --> 00:51:40.320 Nations people, They always leave out Indigenous people and Indigenous voices, 719 00:51:41.079 --> 00:51:44.239 and so, like I said, if they you know, we 720 00:51:44.360 --> 00:51:46.719 want to move forward to in this country. First Nations 721 00:51:46.760 --> 00:51:49.599 want to move forward. But you can't do that without 722 00:51:49.639 --> 00:51:52.480 having those voices at the table and thinking we know 723 00:51:52.559 --> 00:51:54.760 what's best. That hasn't worked for one hundred and fifty years, 724 00:51:55.119 --> 00:51:56.599 it's not going to work for the next one hundred 725 00:51:56.639 --> 00:51:59.280 and fifty years. So let's let's get down to business. 726 00:51:59.400 --> 00:52:03.360 Let's asked this country, are you really ready and are 727 00:52:03.400 --> 00:52:05.519 you really ready to make space at your table to 728 00:52:05.639 --> 00:52:08.039 make sure that the rights holders are at that table. 729 00:52:11.239 --> 00:52:16.280 A gym, I mean, I'd never get a standing ovation. 730 00:52:16.360 --> 00:52:22.840 That's fantastic. Just soak it in, mister Sutcliffe. MESSI Mark. 731 00:52:23.039 --> 00:52:25.320 You know this. Mark Sutcliffe, a man for whom life 732 00:52:25.400 --> 00:52:29.280 is both a marathon and a sprint forty eight marathons 733 00:52:30.119 --> 00:52:33.519 as of last weekend, running the Ottawa Marathon again. I 734 00:52:33.639 --> 00:52:36.199 tell you the one time I ran the Ottawa Marathon, 735 00:52:36.239 --> 00:52:39.360 I was still on an IV drip on the friday. 736 00:52:39.440 --> 00:52:42.079 Mark's bouncing around building a better city. 737 00:52:43.000 --> 00:52:47.400 I would like to and I want to underscore something 738 00:52:47.480 --> 00:52:51.960 where Mark started. You know, I am the proud member 739 00:52:52.000 --> 00:52:56.199 of Parliament for an Nepean and open come on, let's 740 00:52:57.199 --> 00:53:00.559 come on everybody else. No, but and it's and it's 741 00:53:00.639 --> 00:53:05.159 one of our strengths of our system, of our parliamentary system, 742 00:53:06.079 --> 00:53:09.800 is that all three hundred and forty three Members of 743 00:53:09.880 --> 00:53:13.360 Parliament have the honor of serving their constituencies. In other words, 744 00:53:13.400 --> 00:53:16.199 they are grounded in their communities. And if you're grounded 745 00:53:16.440 --> 00:53:20.719 in your community, the issues that you are facing, the 746 00:53:20.840 --> 00:53:23.719 issues that you tackle every day, are front and center. 747 00:53:24.320 --> 00:53:26.719 And so it should be front and center in all 748 00:53:26.760 --> 00:53:29.840 of our minds, from the newly minted MPs to the 749 00:53:29.880 --> 00:53:34.320 Prime Minister to the senators. What can we do to 750 00:53:34.440 --> 00:53:37.840 build stronger cities, stronger communities, safer communities. 751 00:53:37.880 --> 00:53:39.679 And I want to say a few words on that 752 00:53:39.800 --> 00:53:42.159 today and then we'll have a Q and A. 753 00:53:42.760 --> 00:53:45.440 I do want to thank Rebecca and Carol for the 754 00:53:45.519 --> 00:53:49.199 kind invitation today, particularly Rebecca because she's. 755 00:53:49.039 --> 00:53:50.840 Going to ask me questions in a moment. 756 00:53:51.760 --> 00:53:53.800 And I would like to thank each and every one 757 00:53:53.880 --> 00:53:56.159 of the municipal leaders here today for the work that 758 00:53:56.280 --> 00:54:00.000 you are doing to build stronger communities across our great country. 759 00:54:01.480 --> 00:54:07.760 Our collaboration, collaboration between the federal government and municipalities, all municipalities, 760 00:54:08.440 --> 00:54:11.760 is more important than ever. As we are at a 761 00:54:11.960 --> 00:54:16.639 hinge moment in Canada's history. It is a more dangerous 762 00:54:16.679 --> 00:54:21.039 and divided world. Unfortunately, geopolitical risks are rising and they 763 00:54:21.079 --> 00:54:25.239 are threatening our sovereignty. The global trading system, which has 764 00:54:25.320 --> 00:54:29.320 helped power Canada's prosperity for decades, is undergoing the biggest 765 00:54:29.360 --> 00:54:34.559 transformation since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and closer 766 00:54:34.639 --> 00:54:38.400 to home, our long standing weak productivity is beginning to 767 00:54:38.480 --> 00:54:42.480 strain government finances. It's certainly making life less affordable for 768 00:54:42.559 --> 00:54:47.239 Canadian families, and it's threatening to undermine the vital social programs, 769 00:54:47.760 --> 00:54:52.920 including childcare, on which Canadians rely. It's very important, it's 770 00:54:52.920 --> 00:54:55.280 all They're welcome here at the FAAM is good. 771 00:54:56.639 --> 00:54:57.159 Canada's. 772 00:55:03.199 --> 00:55:07.280 Canada's new government will address these challenges head on, head 773 00:55:07.360 --> 00:55:13.280 on with focus, determination and innovation, and that innovation goes 774 00:55:13.280 --> 00:55:16.920 straight to our partnership because much of that response to 775 00:55:17.079 --> 00:55:21.639 those global challenges, the response to global challenges begins right 776 00:55:21.719 --> 00:55:26.000 here at home, in our municipalities, where together we can 777 00:55:26.199 --> 00:55:29.000 build a stronger, safer Canada. 778 00:55:36.519 --> 00:55:40.280 Ilo illmois ven. 779 00:55:41.760 --> 00:55:46.599 Impotence, capital, celt and Simidon. 780 00:55:47.360 --> 00:55:49.000 It comes a mages de la foi. 781 00:55:49.280 --> 00:55:57.960 Lu lapo stement is o opportunity exceptionelle an opportunity de 782 00:55:58.159 --> 00:56:05.440 junvo an opportunity, an opportunity. 783 00:56:04.840 --> 00:56:11.199 To lecon gel mon. 784 00:56:11.320 --> 00:56:18.559 John, your leadership and fundamentally, our partnership will be vital 785 00:56:18.679 --> 00:56:24.719 to turning those opportunities into realities in Canada's new government 786 00:56:25.039 --> 00:56:29.559 will be a reliable partner to Canada's municipalities on a wide. 787 00:56:29.360 --> 00:56:31.920 Range of issues, a wide range of issues. But I'm 788 00:56:31.960 --> 00:56:32.239 going to. 789 00:56:33.960 --> 00:56:41.320 Okay, I want to focus my brief remarks. I've been 790 00:56:41.320 --> 00:56:44.320 told to be brief. It's a bit late for that, 791 00:56:45.920 --> 00:56:49.079 but I want to focus on three specifics, starting with housing, 792 00:56:50.320 --> 00:56:53.000 and in response to the housing crisis that we all 793 00:56:53.119 --> 00:56:57.800 know has been eroding Canadian standards of living, the federal 794 00:56:57.840 --> 00:57:01.920 government is acting to improve affordability in the short, medium 795 00:57:02.199 --> 00:57:06.119 and long term. The new vague given amount in Canada 796 00:57:06.400 --> 00:57:20.320 she de fasson media on coupon l susel a in 797 00:57:21.519 --> 00:57:30.639 it's me million sasse o cult sjuabes dampol and quivape 798 00:57:30.840 --> 00:57:34.559 meto diconesca. 799 00:57:33.800 --> 00:57:39.199 With Saint can do la bani. But that's short term. 800 00:57:39.920 --> 00:57:41.599 What are we doing in the medium long term? 801 00:57:42.280 --> 00:57:46.679 We will create Build Canada Homes, a lean, mission driven 802 00:57:46.840 --> 00:57:51.800 organization that will accelerate the development of deeply affordable housing 803 00:57:51.960 --> 00:57:57.480 projects that will catalyze an entirely new housing industry based 804 00:57:57.639 --> 00:57:59.400 on Canadian technology. 805 00:57:59.480 --> 00:58:02.119 Canadian workers and Canadian Lumber. 806 00:58:08.360 --> 00:58:12.280 And will provide twenty five billion dollars in financing for 807 00:58:12.639 --> 00:58:22.039 affordable home builders. In parallel, we will work above and 808 00:58:22.159 --> 00:58:25.960 beyond that. We will work with you to slash development 809 00:58:26.159 --> 00:58:30.159 charges in half in half for all multi unit housing 810 00:58:30.440 --> 00:58:34.880 over the next five years, alongside the provinces and territories 811 00:58:35.280 --> 00:58:41.480 well making crucial point well making municipalities whole through federal 812 00:58:41.679 --> 00:58:45.719 investments in water, power lines, and wastewater. 813 00:58:48.119 --> 00:58:52.480 We're not no, these things cost money. We're not going 814 00:58:52.559 --> 00:58:53.320 to give lectures. 815 00:58:54.920 --> 00:58:57.679 We're going to give help and assistance so we can 816 00:58:57.719 --> 00:59:05.440 all move forward. And in parallel, we're going to take 817 00:59:05.480 --> 00:59:08.920 a pragmatic approach by doubling down on what's already working. 818 00:59:10.000 --> 00:59:12.159 I know from meeting with mayors across the country in 819 00:59:12.199 --> 00:59:15.119 recent months that many of you have already signed on. 820 00:59:15.280 --> 00:59:17.159 I know I didn't meet with all the mayors we've 821 00:59:17.159 --> 00:59:19.000 signed on, but many of you signed on to the 822 00:59:19.039 --> 00:59:22.800 Housing Accelerator Fund, which is unlocking tens of thousands of 823 00:59:22.920 --> 00:59:26.400 new homes across the countries. So because we listen, we 824 00:59:26.599 --> 00:59:36.159 will reinforce the Housing Accelerator Fund, and we're taking these 825 00:59:36.239 --> 00:59:40.480 measures and more at scale, at scale, because we recognize 826 00:59:40.519 --> 00:59:44.119 that business as usual just won't work. That young Canadians 827 00:59:44.159 --> 00:59:47.039 can't wait any longer to have the same opportunities to 828 00:59:47.159 --> 00:59:51.760 own a home that previous generations such as mine enjoyed. Now, 829 00:59:52.760 --> 00:59:58.519 those opportunities for young Canadians must include great careers in 830 00:59:58.599 --> 00:59:59.840 the strongest economy in the. 831 01:00:01.400 --> 01:00:07.519 And that's why that's the key. That's the key to affordability. 832 01:00:07.599 --> 01:00:09.679 We can do supply, but we also need the great 833 01:00:09.760 --> 01:00:12.159 careers and the incomes that come from that. So in 834 01:00:12.320 --> 01:00:17.079 face of foreign threats, no prize for guessing. You know, 835 01:00:17.159 --> 01:00:20.960 I'm saying, I'm trying to learn some diplomacy from the King. 836 01:00:21.639 --> 01:00:25.760 The face of foreign threats, a core priority of this 837 01:00:25.960 --> 01:00:30.880 government is to build projects of national significance. Projects that 838 01:00:31.079 --> 01:00:38.400 reinforce our country's resilience, Projects that connect Canada, project. 839 01:00:40.800 --> 01:00:43.320 Projects that partner. 840 01:00:43.119 --> 01:00:47.159 With Indigenous peoples, that diversify our trading partners and create. 841 01:00:47.039 --> 01:00:57.280 A more sustainable future for all. De Plage comes. 842 01:00:58.920 --> 01:01:05.440 Vites on windsor k Yeah, old infrastructure commercial. 843 01:01:07.159 --> 01:01:07.719 Or diverse. 844 01:01:07.760 --> 01:01:12.920 If no pattern area commercial or create the bond carrier 845 01:01:13.639 --> 01:01:18.559 a poll SAT FEB productivity te key to feel on 846 01:01:19.639 --> 01:01:22.960 pesh economy Canadian That then so plan. 847 01:01:25.199 --> 01:01:25.599 As a f. 848 01:01:54.519 --> 01:01:59.440 Show has been produced by Depictions Media. Please contact us 849 01:01:59.679 --> 01:02:03.039 at depictions dot media for more information.